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I’m honestly so broke.”In interviews, young women and men involved in sex work—not professionals forced into the life, but amateurs, kids—in Austin, New York, and Los Angeles, talked mostly about needing money.They were squeezed by college tuition, crushed by student loans and the high cost of living.“And it’s kind of a joke, but it’s also not because you actually . You just need a computer.”“Basically every gay dude I know is on Seeking Arrangement,” says Christopher, 23, a Los Angeles film editor.“And there are so many rent boys,” or young gay men who find sex-work opportunities on sites like Rent Boy, which was busted and shut down in 2015 by Homeland Security for facilitating prostitution.Both shows feature graphic sex scenes that sometimes look like porn.“We talked a lot about agency” when conceiving , says producer Steven Soderbergh (who directed a movie of the same name in 2009), “and the idea that you have this young woman who is going into the workforce and ends up in the sex-work industry, where she feels she has more control and is respected more than she is at her day job,” at a law firm..The anonymous writer made clear, “I’d always had personal agency.”Meanwhile, sugaring has its own extensive community online—also known as “the sugar bowl”—replete with Web sites and blogs.They give advice on how to alleviate the pain of bruises from overzealous spanking and what to do when “scammers” refuse to pay.

They post triumphant pictures of wads of cash, designer shoes, and bags.“I work hard at being this,” meaning someone who can charge 0 an hour for sex. “Almost all of my friends do some sort of sex work,” says Katie, 23, a visual artist in New York. It’s almost trendy to say you do it—or that you would.”“It’s become like a thing people say when they can’t make their rent,” says Jenna, 22, a New York video-game designer.Her adventures in “sugaring” started three years ago when she got hit on by an older guy and rebuffed him, saying, “Look, I’m not interested, so unless you’re offering to pay my student loans,” and he said, “Well . “ ‘Well, I could always just get a sugar daddy,’ ‘I guess I could just start camming,’ ” or doing sexual performances in front of a Webcam for money on sites like Chaturbate.He was a high-profile venture capitalist in San Francisco and founder of a major tech company—“the real deal.” (Friends confirm their connection.)Soon after they met he flew her to New York and installed her in a chic hotel.Alisa says he was busy most of the time, but she and her friends ran up ,000 in room service and spa services while he worked.